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6 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation program.
The virtual machine should now appear in the Virtual Machine Manager.
22.7 Windows Server 2003 Virtual
Setting up a virtual machine to run Windows Server 2003 is no different than setting
up any other unmodified operating system.
Here are a few items to remember:
• Unmodified operating systems, such as Windows Server 2003, must run in full
virtualization mode, which requires the computer running the virtualization host
server to support hardware-assisted virtualization.
• The most recent version of the operating system should be installed on the virtual
machine.
• The minimum amount of RAM must be enough to run the host operating system
and the operating system of each virtual machine you plan to run simultaneously.
For example, simultaneously running four Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard
Edition virtual machines on a SUSE Linux Enteprise Server 10 virtualization host
server requires 1024 MB of total system memory (4 x 128 MB for each virtual
machine plus 512 MB for the virtualization host server).
This example uses theoretical minimums. For real-world configurations, system
memory should be increased to at least the recommended amount for each virtual
machine.
For more information on minimum, recommended, and maximum amounts of
memory required for operating systems, consult the vendor's published information.
• The virtual machine should be set up using the Create Virtual Machine Wizard,
which is available by running YaST > Virtualization > Virtual Machine Manager
> New.
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